Project Type: Motion Graphic
Role: Art Direction, Motion Design
Tools: After Effects, Illustrator, Procreate
Period: October – November 2024 (3 Weeks)
Instructor: Joseph Donaldson
Animate a city being submerged under the ocean due to rising sea levels. The animation is a 20-second looping animation.
Background assets were created in Adobe Illustrator. The marine life was designed with shape layers and rigging in After Effects, and the octopus was drawn frame by frame in Procreate. I reduced the frame rate to under 18fps, as it felt smoother than 29.97fps.
Storyboard
Frame 1: Silhouettes of seaweed sway in the water.
Frame 2: Fish swim across the scene.
Frame 3: A beam of light shines, revealing that the seaweed is on a building, not a rock.
Frame 4: The fish swims out of the screen. The blue dotted line is the path of the fish.
Frame 2: Fish swim across the scene.
Frame 3: A beam of light shines, revealing that the seaweed is on a building, not a rock.
Frame 4: The fish swims out of the screen. The blue dotted line is the path of the fish.
Additional details, such as bubbles or underwater particles, will be incorporated to enhance the underwater atmosphere. The animation will be a 9:16 aspect ratio because a long vertical screen seems suitable to show deep underwater.
Process
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